Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5)

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896 [Editor]· 3 chapters· 321,363 words

Vol. I—Part I, 1882; Part II, 1884 Vol. II—Part III, 1885; Part IV, 1886 Vol. III—Part V, 1888; Part VI, 1889 Vol. IV—Part VII, 1890; Part VIII, 1892 Vol. V—Part IX, 1894; Part X, 1898.

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1. VOLUME III

Vol. I—Part I, 1882; Part II, 1884 Vol. II—Part III, 1885; Part IV, 1886 Vol. III—Part V, 1888; Part VI, 1889 Vol. IV—Part VII, 1890; Part VIII, 1892 Vol. V—Part IX, 1894; Part...

2. PART VI

#A. a.# ‘Queen Eleanor’s Confession,’ a broadside, London, Printed for C. Bates, at the Sun and Bible in Gilt-spur-street, near Pye-corner, Bagford Ballads, II, No 26, British M...

3. Part I, 8, 1707. (W. Macmath.)

Mortal women as midwives to fairies, elves, water-sprites, etc. Further examples are: Sébillot, Littérature orale de la Haute-Bretagne, pp. 19–23; the same, Traditions et Supers...